#nu

One of my earliest memories... I knew three full verses of the Star Spangled Banner when I was seven or eight years old. And one of the nuns discovered this phenomenon and I was actually sent around from classroom to classroom to do the whole thing. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#around #banner #classroom #discovered #earliest

The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion. ↗

— Elihu Root

#continually #force #increasing #least #line

A very magnanimous statement, Gideon,” said Magnus. “I’m Gabriel.” Magnus waved a hand. “All Lightwoods look the same to me. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#gabriel-lightwood #magnus-bane #magnus-bane

Moreover, I wish to assure you both that I did not make any amorous advances on female monkeys. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#page- #magnus-bane

Reality continues to ruin my life. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#life #my life #reality #ruin

Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#century #could #george #human #human race

The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened. ↗

— Stephen M. Walt

#deterrent #fact #feel #kind #makes

Personally, I do not believe that we shall have greater armaments in the future than we have had in the past. On the contrary, I believe there will be a gradual diminution in this respect. ↗

— William Watson

#believe #contrary #diminution #future #gradual

You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#california #candidate #conservatives #democrats #economy

I'm a little bit more unusual so I consider myself as the black sheep. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#black #black sheep #consider #i #little